Longest chapter yet, wow!

Hello everyone! I do not own Elsword, or the characters of said game. I do, however, ship Elsword and Eve to no end.

Also, I claim partial ownership to my format of Seris' story and partial ownership of Cedric, as shared with my boyfriend.

Huge thanks to my boyfriend, who has been supporting me all along the way. And also since I wouldn't have actually gotten into Elsword without him!

We roleplay the Elsword and Eve pairing together, so you might see more of them from me around here.

Also! I have been noticing that for some reason, Fanfiction has been bunching up my paragraphs! If you notice this, I am sorry, but I do not know how to fix it!

This chapter references two songs! Once in chapter title, once in the text as sung by Elsword, and once at the end as an afterthought/title throwback.

Neither song is one of mine.

So let's get down to it! Read, Review, and Enjoy!

Eve: Code Battle Seraph
Elsword: Rune Slayer
Rena: Wind Sneaker
Raven: Blade Master
Aisha: Dimensional Witch
Chung: Deadly Chaser
Ara: Sakra Devanam

Relearning the Seraph

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Chapter 4: Come Together, Right Now

Eve and Elsword just watched as a disgruntled and slightly freaked out Raven finished checking the ingredients in the kitchen. They said nothing now as he finally left the kitchen and went to his room, disappearing behind a door that he promptly locked. Elsword could hear Cedric laughing from the bathroom, and then realized that no one else was home right now, as well as a need to find out what had come over Eve out there. Grabbing the seraph's wrist, he headed back to his room, finding that Eve did not really protest. She walked with him willingly, a strange light swimming around in her eyes. As Elsword closed the door behind them, she looked at him quietly, tilting her head. Looking back at her, the red haired swordsman that loved her so much felt his heart just shatter. She had never looked so lost in her life as she stared at him, her golden eyes wide as they shook.

"Eve...what happened out there? You fainted..."

"I do not know. I suspect my code had a fault."

"Eve, we both know that wasn't a code fault," Elsword looked at her, crossing his arms slightly.

Eve looked away and shook her head, "I don't know what you are talking about Elsword."

"Eve, please. I am trying to help you. I'm trying because I-!"

"You love me, I know! Shut up! I don't know what that means! Get over it!"

Elsword stepped back from her, watching her clench her fists tightly as her drones hovered nearby as she glared at him. A cold flashing glint was in her eyes as she stared at him, yet Elsword still smiled as her. He walked towards her slowly, watching as she stepped back, all the way until he backed her right to a wall, where he finally closed the distance between them. Face to face with her, watching as her cheeks miraculously turned pink, he gently lifted the necklace at her chest. Smiling at the phoenix, he kissed the necklace, and then daringly pressed his lips to Eve's. Palms to his shoulders, she pushed him away, reflexively slapping at him, and yet missing her strike. He had ducked her slap, and was now smiling at the pink of her cheeks as she stared at him with wide eyes, her hand clenching the necklace he had given her.

"Eve. You aren't yourself anymore. But I told you a little while back that I love you. Loving you means that I'm never giving up on you. I'll kiss you a thousand times and suffer a thousand slaps if it'll ever bring you back to me."

"I do not understand you. Are you not al-functioning well?"

"I'm functioning perfectly, Eve."

She gave a 'tch' noise, trying to end the pink of her cheeks as she turned away from him, hugging her arms tightly to herself; as if trying to give herself some sort of hug. The white haired nasod queen looked helpless...and it further broke Elsword's heart. However, it also proceeded to strengthened his resolve; he absolutely refused to give up on her. If there was one thing he could not even try to withstand about this, it was watching her suffer in lonesome silence. He still remembered confessing to her... What a beautiful day that had been...

Everything was perfect. The rest of the El Gang had come up with things to do anywhere but within the house, leaving Elsword home alone with Eve. He was a Magic Knight back then, barely on the path to become Rune Knight, and Eve was Code: Electra. They had both been working together, even had teamed up on most of their quests to become what they were. Lately, they had been unbeatable...and they had become really important to one another.

She had even become calmer and more open lately, enjoying his company as he did hers.

Telling Eve tonight was something they both needed. Neither knew the future.

They just wanted to see the present come to fruition.

"Eve, hey...can I tell you something?"

Elsword had found her in the living room, playing with reflective light using a mirror, window, sunshine, and the ceiling. She looked up at him, from lying on the floor on her back. So she grinned at him and patted the space beside her.

"Sure! Come sit with me, Elsword."

He shyly nodded and walked over to her, lying next to her to look up at the adorable little rainbow lights she was casting onto the ceiling. They were beautiful, much like her...but not like her. She was much more beautiful than any light... He chuckled and looked at her, in all her beauty, with that cute flower in her hair. That cute braid...and that smile...and the kindest personality.

He loved her...and he was finally ready to tell her.

"Eve...I...really just want to say that I..."

He squirmed a bit, to the rate that Eve looked over at him curiously, a pink flush on her face.

"Yes, Elsword?"

"Eve, I love you..." he finally managed.

She blushed deeply, but smiled softly, "I love you too, Elsword...

Holding her softly, he melted as she pressed her lips to his softly.

Now she was here, helpless in her emotionless perils, and all Elsword could do was support her every step of the way. So he walked to her, gently wrapped his arms around her to give her a huge hug. Why let her hug herself when she was clearly in pain from the heart? He didn't want her to feel alone and Eve just choked on air as he hugged her now.

"Elsword, please let go of me..."

"Eve, I'm not giving up. I love you too much. You're not alone..."

"Maybe I don't know the difference. I don't feel. You can leave me alone. I don't care."

"I don't care if you feel it Eve! I care about you. So let me care about you, why don't you?"

She looked away from him, looking out the window now, and tightly gripping her right arm. Her face was trying to turn to stone, but all she looked like was helpless, and lost like a forgotten puppy. Elsword just sighed now and collapsed on the bed, looking at her as she chose to cold shoulder him while suffering in her silence.

"Eve...I will help you..."

"I do not need your help. I am functioning well."

"I know you enough to know that's a lie."

"Just stop. I don't want your help."

"Eve..."

"Don't..."

"I love you, Eve. It's going to be okay."

"Just stop loving me..."

"I'll never stop."

Turmoil stirred in Eve as she refused to look at him. What was love? What were feelings? They hurt; they were the reason her chest hurt she was sure. Why did people want such things if they hurt so badly? The pain in her chest now, it was unbearable. Elsword spouting all this about love, even kissing her-! The nerve of him! And yet...some strange wish to return the gestures, and yet the complete incapacity to do so. All of this...it was tearing her apart! Wasn't this why her code had crashed so much? Emotions and all the memories collected on her journey? She couldn't stand it anymore, and she sure didn't want to know what love was if it was going to hurt her so much. Eve just wanted to go on and revive her race, but she had also been ordered to watch over this red-haired fool. Now he was doing all this and making her chest hurt. Her world was crashing, nothing made sense, everything hurt, and she just...she couldn't. Her golden eyes closed as she faced the window... Everything hurt now, and she blamed this feeling called love that she didn't understand, didn't feel, and rejected with all of her might.

"Eve...I'll always be there for you...my heart and soul...they belong to you..."

She finally wound up choosing not to respond to him, so he just lay there on the bed where he had collapsed onto it, looking over at the seraph. He would wait all day, night, week, month, and year if it were for her. He had dedicated his life, heart, and soul to her; he loved her that much. If anything he could do would ever bring her back to him...he would just do it.

Meanwhile, Raven stared up at the ceiling, his human forearm draped over his forehead as he lay on his back. His nasod claw was clenched into a fist and he felt tears welling up in his eyes. Was she alive? Was the woman he had been mourning over for all of three years or so finally alive? It begged the question if she had ever died, but then...what had happened? Was it nothing short of a miracle then? Even so, it couldn't be much of a miracle; she didn't even remember him, not a thing of him. There was no doubt in his mind though that she was the woman he had proposed to...the woman he had joined the Crow Mercenary Knights with. She had always been with him through so much, they had gotten engaged, and even consummated. At least they had done that before her death, but he had never gotten to marry her. Yet now...now just maybe...she was alive. Was she really though? She had to be...she had given birth to Cedric. Wait...could that be...his...? Raven's eyes filled with tears now and he wiped them away, slowly rising from his bed.

Figuring it was about time for him to start dinner, he walked to the kitchen as he wiped the remainder of tears off his face. Standing there however, was a tall blond woman in long black pants, a black jacket, and a white shirt with the company of a small boy dressed in a large white tanktop with knots in a few places; to the point of looking like he was in a toga. It took a moment, but Raven realized that, not only was this Seris in his clothes like she had sometimes been so long ago, but also that there were many blood drops around while she cut vegetables. Blood on the clothes, counter, vegetables, and her hands signaled that...Seris was not doing so good at what she had tasked herself to.

"Seris! Seris, your hands!"

She laughed painfully, a few tears in her eyes, "I figured I would try to help with dinner since it was so kind to be put up here rather than that forest."

"Blood isn't a good addition to a dinner..." He murmured softly, a few tears in his eyes at this point too.

She was still the same old Seris. Hurting herself for the good of others had been one of her traits, and she had never been all that good of a cook. He tried not to smile, as this was not the time, and instead removed the knife from her hands. Taking her hands, which carried several accidental cuts of varied lengths, depths, and locations, he wrapped a towel around her drenched hands, and led her to the bathroom. They were followed quickly by a running and smiling Cedric as Raven carefully put her hands in the sink, running a careful stream of cold water on them.

"Don't worry. I'll bandage these up and then help you make dinner for the group. You haven't met everyone just yet, but don't worry. Everyone is really nice."

"I'm sure they are," She sighed, looking at her poor hands as her blood went down the sink.

"Don't be sad. My Seris wasn't really good at cooking either, especially when it came to cutting anything," Raven sighed.

"Oh right. That young man and the lady were talking about you having a fiancee named Seris. I think they thought I was her."

Raven frowned a bit and nodded, "Yeah. I lost her three years back to the cause of cruelty. You don't really want to know, believe me."

"I-I'm sorry," she responded to him, looking up at him with emerald eyes.

He smiled weakly as he finished cleaning her hands, bringing them onto a clean towel, "It's fine."

Carefully, he applied ointment to the entirety of both of her hands, since the wounds were so numerous. Then, taking two small rolls of gauze, he carefully wrapped each hand, and used medical tape to secure it. Patting both hands as Cedric cheered excitedly, Raven chuckled as Seris sighed in relief at the secure and easier feeling in her hands.

"Thank you, Raven," she noted.

"Thanks for fixing Mommy, mister!" cheered Cedric.

"Oh Ceddy," Seris giggled at her child.

"Ceddy? I guess that is his nickname?" Raven inquired.

"Yes sir!" called Cedric.

"That would be it," his mother laughed gently.

"It's nice," the former Black Crow smiled slightly, "Don't worry Ceddy, it was nothing."

It was just so easy to smile around her, even when she didn't know him anymore...

"Come on Seris, let's make a dinner. Without bloodshed," Raven added.

"I want to help!" cried Cedric.

"Alright. Let's do this!" cheered Seris.

They walked past Elsword's room, where Raven knew he and Eve were talking. He looked at the door a moment, amazed at the silence. Of course, he didn't know that Elsword was lying on a bed staring at an Eve that was cold shouldering him. So he just followed Seris on down the hall, while Elsword prayed to the Gods above for Eve to just say something. Anything at this point...just to know where she was or if he had gotten anything through to her. Finally, he decided to sing a bit...

"The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day.
This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace.
Shadows fade into the light.
I am by your side,
Where love will find you," Elsword sang quietly.

His voice wasn't the best in the world, but it was soft and gentle. He managed to hit the notes well and he watched Eve flinch. He used to sing that song to her all the time, and he knew it had struck a chord despite her changed code. Despite her missing emotions and memories...

"Elsword. My chest hurts," she finally stated, laying her head against the window.

"Eve..."

"I blame you. Stop it. Stop hurting me!"

"I'm trying to help you Eve."

"Chest pains are not a sign of aid."

"Eve, codes aren't perfect no matter what! You still have emotions, no matter what you had to do to terminate them. Just accept them..."

"I do not have emotions, for I do not know the meaning of such things."

"Well you feel them. I see them all the time. On your face and in your actions."

Elsword stood up now, walking up alongside her to stand by her side as she continue to face out the window, her arms wrapped around herself. She was just a bit taller than him as she looked down towards him, before sighing. She knew he wasn't going to give up on her emotions and stuff. He wasn't going to give up on her. Something in her didn't even want him to. Somehow, she felt okay with this, despite how much pain all of this was putting her through. She just wanted to feel like she wasn't going to suffer, and wasn't going to suffer alone. She didn't want to be given up on...and she didn't know where all these thoughts were coming from...but she didn't care anymore either.

"Eve. Please don't give up. I'm not giving up on you."

"I apologize for my actions and words, Elsword."

"It's fine, Eve. I'll get you through this. Somehow or another."

She nodded weakly as everyone finally arrived home, completely unaware of the guest in the home. Hearing everyone come in, Elsword led Eve from his room, and watched as Aisha bounced into the kitchen, Ara walked in happily, Rena strolled in, and Chung came up, then ducked to the side to finish reloading his guns as well as his cannon. After setting the heavy weapons down, Chung also entered the kitchen, in which Elsword and Eve could hear everyone flipping out already.

"Hey, who's this?" asked Chung.

"Oh my goodness, so much food!" squalled Aisha.

"It looks amazing but ah...I'd like to know our guest..." Ara stated.

Rena, for a minute, just stood there staring at Rena, before blinking, "Wait...this isn't a mirror."

"Of course I'm not a mirror!" giggled Seris.

"That's Seris, Elsword and I found her in the forest today," Eve corrected as she walked in with Elsword following her.

"Yeah. She was in trouble and she'd been in Ruben's forest area for like two or three years so we bought her here with us," Elsword added.

"Seris...that sounds familiar," the group collectively stated, aside from Raven.

The table was set with a main dish and many sides as Raven stood next to Seris with Cedric between them. The child had gone unnoticed so far, but Raven could just see the gears turning in everyone's heads. They'd recall soon...and sure enough...

"It's the name of Raven's fiance that looked like Rena," Eve stated again.

"Ghost!" cried Aisha immediately.

"Eeeek!" screamed Rena.

"Why did you bring a ghost?" protested Ara.

"Guys she doesn't look like a ghost..." Chung attempted.

"She's not a ghost! Everyone shut up, sit down, and eat!" ordered Raven, raising his voice over theirs.

Seris had shrunk back into a corner at the ghost comments, while Cedric had taken hold of her leg and began crying as he hugged onto her, latched to her tightly. Raven's aggravation was clear as the group immediately sat down to the table. Elsword and Eve sighed in relief, joining the table as well, which had been stricken to complete silence by Raven's shout. If she wasn't a ghost, what was she? Elsword did smile though, because he liked this clear change in Raven. He could see it, he could see Raven becoming a bit more comfortable, a bit more alive... Maybe Seris had always been the key?

"Stop being mean to my mommy! I will bite!" Cedric's repeated sob could be heard in the silence finally.

"Mommy...?" the group collectively questioned again, finally looking down at the small, Raven-like child.

"My name is Seris, this is my son Cedric. We've been living in the forest for a few years. I assure you that, to the best of my memories, I am no one's fiance," Seris stated, "-I can easily be wrong though so who knows?"

Raven glanced at her, wondering if she was or wasn't. If she was though, he did want to know why she didn't remember. Then again, Alex and the surrounding soldiers had used blunt force strikes on a few people; Seris had been one of those few. Blunt force could easily have done this, but he also wondered why she was in Ruben; then again, she could have been moved. He wondered if she was his Seris, he wondered if there was really such a miracle as her not dying. Was she alive? Had she returned to him after all these years? But...how could he get her to remember, if it was her?

"She helped to make the meal tonight, so you should thank her," Raven spoke up.

"Thank you!" Aisha quickly called.

"We appreciate it!" Rena immediately filled in.

"Thank you so much!" Ara responded.

"It looks wonderful, thanks!" Chung smiled.

"Thank you, Seris," Elsword grinned happily.

"You did a nice job, clearly you are functioning well," Eve murmured.

Seris smiled, but then tilted her head, "Oh! Eve, are you okay? You fainted earlier."

"I am functioning just fine," the nasod queen responded.

No one asked any questions about Eve just yet, instead watching as Raven and Seris finally sat down at the table, Cedric sitting in his mother's lap due to his small height. The child was provided a smaller plate and a smaller fork, already understanding on how to feed himself; he had learned once when a kind family had helped he and Seris for a couple of days. Soon enough, everyone was digging into the nice meal of meats, pasta, vegetables, and rolls that had clearly been worked hard on. A conversation was quickly brought around about Seris, though not much was there to be found. Of course there wasn't after all; she had been living in the forest for three years with only a small child.

"So, you've been in a forest for like...three years?" Aisha questioned.

"Yeah. Elsword brought me here after Eve fainted, and had me to take a shower. Raven ended up letting me and Ceddy borrow some clothes," Seris smiled as she responded.

"And Cedric was born right as you woke up?" gasped Rena, "Oh my goodness..."

"Yes. It was very hard, there in the forest, but goodness. I'm still happy to have him, he's such a sweet and wonderful little child."

"He's such a handsome little child," Chung noted.

"Thank you!" cheered Cedric, after swallowing a bite of food.

"He really is," Raven added, "-and with wonderful manners."

"He's a lovely boy!" giggled Rena.

"Oh thank you guys," Seris smiled at them all, patting Cedric's head."

"He is adorable," Elsword chuckled, then smirked, "-maybe that's why Eve fainted."

The response was then Eve picking up Elsword's roll from his plate and cramming the bread item tightly into his mouth, the poor man's eyes becoming wide. Aisha burst up laughing, Rena's eyes went wide, Chung ended up taking a drink to prevent himself from laughing, and Ara just ended up giggling while Seris gasped in surprise.

"Well," Raven smirked, "-we learned how to make Elsword be quiet."

Elsword, with great amounts of careful chewing, finally swallowed the roll with a gulp of water before glaring at Raven for such a comment. Eve just sighed, a pang hitting her chest as she felt...somehow guilty? Of course, none of that helped when Elsword flung a forkful of food towards Raven, but hit Aisha instead when she reached for the pasta bowl. The reply was then Aisha throwing the pasta bowl at Elsword, but Eve putting herself in it's way on a whim she didn't even understand. The bowl clunked her head with a sickening thud, the nasod falling straight back, and right out of the chair as Elsword cried her name. Grabbing a handful of the pasta, he threw it straight into Aisha's face, hitting his target dead on.

"Guys...stop," Raven tried.

"Please..." Chung started.

"Food wars!" cheered Cedric.

"Seriously, what do you teach that kid?" cried Ara.

"I teach him not to start food wars," sighed Seris.

Aisha let out an angry shriek as she threw the bowl of vegetables into the air, raining the entire worth of them all onto Chung and Ara, whom ended up throwing handful back at Aisha, hitting Rena as well. Furious, the elf threw her plate, the entirety landing onto Chung's face as he screamed in shock now. Seris rose from the table, quickly pulling Cedric and his plate with her as she retreated a distance to let the child eat at the counter. Elsword knelt down at Eve's side, and Raven was about to call peace again...until remains of the vegetables he had patiently taught Seris to cut wound up on his face and in his hair. At this point now, Raven didn't give two cares about a peaceful dinner, his black hair colored by the colored peppers he and Seris had cut. They had even washed all of those completely clean of Seris' blood, so carefully and meticulously!

"Sometimes...you guys really know...how to anger a military man!" protested Raven, immediately flipping his plate into the air.

This plate landed on the back of Ara's head now and Chung soundly groaned as he threw the plate from his face, landing it right into Rena's face for perfect payback. Ara let out a small whine, shaking her hair out violently to remove the food, though holding her hairpin to keep Eun from being summoned. This splashed just about everyone at the table with incoming food, as Aisha threw several pieces of meat at just about everyone she could reach; by now realizing that Elsword was retreating with the, once again, unconscious Eve. Not that she much cared anymore, since no one else seemed to; it didn't matter either when the group relentlessly continued throwing food. It eventually even became fun and most of the group was laughing, even Raven. Seris was even giggling a bit, as Cedric soon finished his food and cheered Raven on from the sidelines. Everyone was a complete mess,much like the floor, table, counters, walls, and just about everything else.

"I think everyone is going to need a bath," Chung finally chuckled.

Everyone agreed to that as Eve finally woke up on Elsword's bed, carefully reaching up to rub her own head. She groaned a bit, finally looking up at the Rune Slayer swordsman she watched over these days. This man that kept driving her circuitry insane, and she was sometimes unsure of how to handle. But right now, he was just looking at her, and she was just looking at him, pondering him. Maybe this caring thing, whatever the hell it was, or this love thing...whatever the hell it was...weren't such bad things after all. She still didn't understand them though, nor did she remember Elsword or how to deal with him.

"Eve, are you alright?"

"I am fine. I did not know pasta bowls hurt so much."

He managed to chuckle, "They can hurt."

"Just like feelings, I guess," Eve sighed.

"Feelings can hurt when you have no understanding of them. Hell, they can hurt even when you do. But they are part of being alive," Elsword shrugged.

"Whatever," She murmured, closing her eyes now.

He chuckled, "Not giving up, Eve."

"Of course. I didn't ask you to."

"You have to work with me."

"I guess I'll try."

"Good to hear that."

Her eyes closed, as she entered herself to sleep. Elsword just chuckled, pressing his lips to her forehead, before leaning over from the chair he sat in, to lay his head on her stomach, and fall asleep there.

"Oh
Come together
Yeah come together
Yeah come together
Yeah come together
Yeah come together
Yeah come together
Yeah come together
Yeah oh
Come together
Yeah come together..."

The songs were What About Now by Daughtry and Come Together by The Beatles

I own neither song.

Review! I hope you enjoyed it!